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that is not what you are going to get out of the economy that we came out of. so general ly speaking, this is advantage obama, because he has had job growth since he has come into office with the exception of a few months, but, you know, if i were working for the romney came pain, i would say, really? 7.9% unemployment, and job growth that is not anywhere close to what you are saying it is going to be over the next four years and why should we listen to you about that when you have not done it in this period of time. and then the issue of quality of jobs. president obama can say that he has replaced and more every single job that was lost on his watch, because of a recession that he didn't recreate, but presidential candidate romney says, it is not enough. these are not great quality jobs. so i said earlier today that the revisions to august and september and then the new number for october, 171,000, it is in the vicinity of good job creation. plus 200,000 a month would be good job creation. in august we got 192, and then in september down to 171, and that is i
that is not what you are going to get out of the economy that we came out of. so general ly speaking, this is advantage obama, because he has had job growth since he has come into office with the exception of a few months, but, you know, if i were working for the romney came pain, i would say, really? 7.9% unemployment, and job growth that is not anywhere close to what you are saying it is going to be over the next four years and why should we listen to you about that when you have not done it...
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impact on how people vote next week because what matters for voters is what's going on with your own economy an your own life. do you have a job? does your spouse have a job? people are more likely to vote about their own situation. brooke? >> back to the numbers in the report. what is the possibility, alison, the numbers, additional 158,000 jobs added might be foreshadowing to what we get in the all-important jobs report tomorrow? >> the reality is adp missed many times. kind of meant to be an appetizer. as you said, the official labor department report comes out friday and counts both jobs in the private and public sectors. expectation there is not as rosy as adp. economists of cnn money said that they expect a gain of 125,000 positions last month but you know what? even with those gains, we are at this point where we're hardly adding enough to keep up with population growth much less bring down the unemployment rate in a significant fashion and with days before the election, both sides you can bet they find something to talk about in this report, you know, president obama can say it's bet
impact on how people vote next week because what matters for voters is what's going on with your own economy an your own life. do you have a job? does your spouse have a job? people are more likely to vote about their own situation. brooke? >> back to the numbers in the report. what is the possibility, alison, the numbers, additional 158,000 jobs added might be foreshadowing to what we get in the all-important jobs report tomorrow? >> the reality is adp missed many times. kind of...
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the des moines register has chosen romney because they say it's all about the economy. it marks the first time in 40 years that the newspaper has backed a republican and the presidential general election. meanwhile, president obama has added the "new york times" to his endorsement column, the editorial page listed obama's achievement like saving the auto industry and health care reform as reasons for the endorsement. it he has not backed a republican since dwight eisenhower. >> ohio considered quite the price that could win either condition dat at the house. >> obama is scheduled to leave washington, he's not scheduled to leave washington today in fact he's staying close to the white house because of this storm. >> in newest poll in the state of ohio says mitt romney may have condition to be concerned. as we have said, it's a close rate there, we have asked likely voters who their choice is for president. barack obama has a 50%, a 46% margin over mitt romney -- they both have spent several days in the buckeye state and have more on the calendar. >>> critical information
the des moines register has chosen romney because they say it's all about the economy. it marks the first time in 40 years that the newspaper has backed a republican and the presidential general election. meanwhile, president obama has added the "new york times" to his endorsement column, the editorial page listed obama's achievement like saving the auto industry and health care reform as reasons for the endorsement. it he has not backed a republican since dwight eisenhower. >>...
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many of the issues they brought up were of course the economy. also women's issues, women's rightses. one of those people who was an obama supporter was concerned about energy policies. he was concerned about any -- one thing that everyone agreed on is that they're sick of all these ads, being in a swing state, a swing county, they have been inundated with carlls and letters and mailings. one woman was crying because she was sick of hearing all these campaign ads. >> and a programming note, be sure to join our anderson cooper a and wolf blitzers as they both take a final look at the election, that's "countdown to election day." and we mentioned president obama is stumping there in florida for the last time two days before election day. you see him right there in the state, we'll take a short break and we'll hear what president had to say from hollywood, florida. we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what
many of the issues they brought up were of course the economy. also women's issues, women's rightses. one of those people who was an obama supporter was concerned about energy policies. he was concerned about any -- one thing that everyone agreed on is that they're sick of all these ads, being in a swing state, a swing county, they have been inundated with carlls and letters and mailings. one woman was crying because she was sick of hearing all these campaign ads. >> and a programming...
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. ♪ the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> the u.s. justice department announced it's sending hundreds of federal observers to monitor polling places. cnn's joe johns joins me from washington. joe, why are they doing this? how unusual is this? >> reporter: it's not that unusual. four years ago they sent roughly the same number out to watch the election in 2008. the bottom line here is they are sendsing quite a number of people, something like 780 federal observers. they'll be going to something like 23 different states, about six or seven battleground states among them. 51 separate jurisdictions within the states, fred. and which states are we talking about? going to be hitting the
. ♪ the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> the u.s. justice department announced it's sending hundreds...
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the economy added 171,000 jobs last month. joining me to talk about the numbers, georgia tech economist danny. good to see you. you and i have been doing this every month. >> that's right. >> here is the final number here. when you look at these numbers, what does it say to you in terms of the stress and recovery? is it good news or is it bad news for how the administration has been handling the recession and the recovery? >> all right. well, short answer. if i was grading this in my economics 101 class, i would give it a grade c. unemployment went up. this is a strong signal about what's happening in the economy. we've had 171,000 jobs created. now, more than that were created. 1 4,000, but the governor -- government took away 13,000. last month in september, that number was revised upwards by 30%. the month before that it was revised upward by 60%. we've been averaging about 170,000 jobs over the last five months. >> so the unemployment rate ticked up a little bit, so people are going to look at that number and say, well, th
the economy added 171,000 jobs last month. joining me to talk about the numbers, georgia tech economist danny. good to see you. you and i have been doing this every month. >> that's right. >> here is the final number here. when you look at these numbers, what does it say to you in terms of the stress and recovery? is it good news or is it bad news for how the administration has been handling the recession and the recovery? >> all right. well, short answer. if i was grading...
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people understand the economy is improving. but the real debate is whether it is fast enough and whether mitt romney could have done a better job. in toledo, ohio, today, one of the battle ground counties of ohio, the must win buckeye state, i spoke to mayor bell, he put it out that january 2009, unemployment here was 12.6% in this county. today it is around 7.5, lower than the national average. that is a measurable improvement. that doesn't mean the economy is going on all cylinders right now. but there is measurable improvement, and that becomes -- for big debate, romney saying he could have proved things faster, president obama saying don't return us to policies that got us here in the first place. >> but, ali, when you look at the unemployment rate in ohio now is 7%, below the national average, will people give -- will voters give that credit to john kasich, the republican governor here or does that go to the president? >> that's a good question. yeah. that's exactly the question. in a number of these swing states where the
people understand the economy is improving. but the real debate is whether it is fast enough and whether mitt romney could have done a better job. in toledo, ohio, today, one of the battle ground counties of ohio, the must win buckeye state, i spoke to mayor bell, he put it out that january 2009, unemployment here was 12.6% in this county. today it is around 7.5, lower than the national average. that is a measurable improvement. that doesn't mean the economy is going on all cylinders right now....